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[ArtOfLight]

http://themittani.com/news/rip-vile-rat

I never knew Sean Smith (aka: vile_rat) and I'm relatively new to EVE in comparison to many people that play this game, but I can relate to sudden loss and the shock and emotions associated with it.

Regardless of your opinions on The Mittani and GSF, I just wanted to bring this to everyone's attention that EVE has lost someone that touched a lot of people. Please keep the Smith family and friends in your thoughts and prayers as they pick up the pieces of a shattered reality.

RIP: Sean Smith

[Tiberious Thessalonia]

Shoot Blues, Tell Vilerat.

 

[Raxipoo]

I've flown in fleets with him. I've kept his ships alive with my scimitar.

This is fucking me up.

RIP.

Shoot blues > Tell Vile Rat

[kalaratiri]

I never met him, never spoke to him, never knew him... and now I never will.

I've been crying for the last hour over someone I never even spoke to.

Alliances all over Eve have been renaming their station in his honour. Every single station owned by Goonswarm, TEST, Fatal Ascension, RAZOR and LAWN has been renamed. Multiple stations belonging to GENTS, Spacemonkey's Alliance, Fidelas Constans, SOLAR and EvOke have also been renamed. There are almost certainly others. (Minor edit to add a link: http://evemaps.dotlan.net/outposts/changes )

Moments like this show that whatever our ingame enmities and differences, the players of Eve is among the greatest online communities out there. My deepest condolences go to his friends and family.

Fly Safe Vile Rat. Shoot Blues. o7

[Jev North]

He was stationed in The Hague for a time; it struck me we could've passed in the street, not knowing. Small world.

My Twitter has feed has basically been nothing but people pouring out emotion over him, for the last 12 hours. Tragic as this is, it really heartened me to see the strong sense of community we seem to have, despite everything.

Shoot Blues -> Tell Vile Rat, indeed.

[Ilsenae Alexandros]

The tribute Facebook page for Vile Rat.

PC Gamer article on his death.

Tribute from Spacemonkey's Alliance.

[Saede Riordan]

This sucks. I never met him, it feels strange to feel so emotional about someone I never even talked to. Death sucks.

RIP: Sean Smith

Shoot Blues > Tell Vile Rat

[Silas Vitalia]

Terrible, terrible news.

[Nmaro Makari]

Truly sad for someone so talented to be taken in such a way.

[Saede Riordan]

This was linked in OOC chat and it actually had me in tears, its really heartwarming. Faith in Humanity +10

http://imgur.com/a/tlCyI

[hellgremlin]

The world sickens me.

Terry Jones and Sam Bacile made this movie specifically to kill people. They saw the outrage caused by youtube videos of Americans burning Koran pages (and there have been plenty,) and calculated this movie to cause as much outrage as possible.

Of course, they were gambling on a bunch of faceless, nameless brown people dying in a riot on the other side of the planet. Now that a few Americans have bit the bullet, they're in hiding - purportedly from the threat of Islamic terrorists, but really from the family members of the people they got killed.

[Saede Riordan]

The world sickens me.

Terry Jones and Sam Bacile made this movie specifically to kill people. They saw the outrage caused by youtube videos of Americans burning Koran pages (and there have been plenty,) and calculated this movie to cause as much outrage as possible.

Of course, they were gambling on a bunch of faceless, nameless brown people dying in a riot on the other side of the planet. Now that a few Americans have bit the bullet, they're in hiding - purportedly from the threat of Islamic terrorists, but really from the family members of the people they got killed.

The thing is though, they're allowed to say what they want. Don't hate them for making a video, they might be turds but the video was aired in July. Someone planned to cause riots in both Egypt and Libya and used the video to get people riled up on 9/11. Terry Jones and Sam Bacile may not be a shining example of humanity, but the blame shouldn't go entirely on them, they didn't storm the consulate.

But this thread shouldn't get into politics, best save that for another time.

[Raxipoo]

But this thread shouldn't get into politics,

This, please.

[Mitara Newelle]

Very sad and unfortunate.

RIP Vile Rat/Sean Smith

[GoGo Yubari]

Sad news - his name was familiar to me, but no more.

The solidarity and all is great to see. However, I can't help think that the first time I learned about the Goons was when they disgraced the memory of a dead member of BoB. Sigh.